# Why are you anxious about clothing?

Jesus uses a question to teach the people. Alternate translation: "You should not be worried about what you will wear." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# Think about

"Consider"

# lilies ... They do not labor, and they do not spin cloth

Jesus speaks about the lilies as if they were people who wore clothes. The lilies being clothed is a metaphor for the plants having beautiful and colorful flowers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# lilies

A lily is a kind of wild flower. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])